Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skap

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skapą.

Noun

*skap n

shape

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skap
Genitive	*skapas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skap	*skapu
Accusative	*skap	*skapu
Genitive	*skapas	*skapō
Dative	*skapē	*skapum
Instrumental	*skapu	*skapum

Related terms

*skappjan

Descendants

Old English: sceap, ġesceap
- Middle English: shap, schape
  - English: shape
Old Frisian: skep
Old Saxon: skap
- Middle Low German: schap
  - → German: Schapp
  - → Late → Old Norse: skáp
    - Icelandic: skápur
    - Faroese: skáp
  - → Old Danish: skap, skaap
    - Danish: skab
  - → Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: skap
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: skap, skåp
  - → Old Swedish: skap
    - Swedish: skåp
Old Dutch: *skap
- Middle Dutch: schap
  - Dutch: schap
Old High German: scaf
- Middle High German: schaf
  - German: Schaff
  - Luxembourgish: Schaf
Lombard: skafa (most probably)
- → Italian: scaffale